off the boat. Peter...said, Lord, if it be thou,
bid me come unto thee on the water. And he
said, Come. And when Peter was come down
out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go
to Jesus (Matthew 14:28,29).
The Bible tells us that Peter did walk, and
his faith would have kept him walking; but
when he started looking at the big waves all
around, he let fear creep in. Then he began to
sink. But when he saw the wind boisterous,
he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he
cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately
Jesus stretched forth his hand, and
caught him, and said unto him, O thou of
little faith, wherefore didst thou
doubt (Matthew 14:30,31)?
Peter had started taking steps
of doubt rather than steps of
faith.
Some of you claim to
have faith, yet you are
always questioning God.
You want to know what
He is going to do and
when and how He is going
to do it. Isn’t it enough to
know that He holds your
hand? When God tells you
to do something, you must
do it without asking questions
and believe He will
move for you.
That is how Jesus was able
to perform His first miracle. Both
Jesus and His mother had been invited
to a wedding; and during the celebration, the
host ran out of wine. Mary said to the servants
of the household, Whatsoever he Jesus saith
unto you, do it (John 2:5). Jesus then told the
servants to fill the empty water pots with water
and serve it to the guests. The servants obeyed;
and when they poured out the water, it was
wine. What a miracle!
God Moves through Faith
Jesus asked the disciples, Where is your
faith (Luke 8:25)? The Lord is asking the same
thing of some of you today. The Bible says, But
my God shall supply all your need according
When thou art come in, thou shalt shut the
door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt
pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt
set aside that which is full (II Kings 4:4). You
too have to shut the door on all the doubters and
do what God wants you to do. You can’t listen
to what others have to say.
That woman could have scoffed and told
Elisha, “You don’t know what you’re talking
about. I have just one pot of oil”; but she didn’t
say that. So she went from him, and shut
the door upon her and upon her sons, who
brought the vessels to her; and she poured
out. And it came to pass, when the vessels
were full, that she said unto her son,
Bring me yet a vessel. And he
said unto her, There is not
a vessel more. And the oil
stayed (II Kings 4:5,6).
The woman filled pot
after pot until all the pots
were full. Then she came
and told the man of
God. And he said, Go,
sell the oil, and pay thy
debt, and live thou and
thy children of the rest
(II Kings 4:7). Again,
she obeyed, and she sold
all the oil. She used great
faith, and she won.
Steps of Faith
The widow woman’s miracle came
about gradually. She had to take step after step
of faith before the miracle was complete, but
she had plenty of faith to make every step the
Lord instructed her to without asking any questions.
Then the victory came.
You too can have Jesus victories every day
by making steps of faith, not doubt, in the will
of God. Divine faith will direct every step you
make and supply all your needs. Jesus didn’t
make one doubting step when He lived on
Earth. Every step He took was a faith step; and
He said, Follow thou me (John 21:22).
Peter took steps of faith when he walked the
water with the Lord. He had faith to ask Jesus
to let him come to Him, and he had faith to step
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